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*[https://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/AfricanAmerican.pdf Finding Records for Your Ancestors, Part A-African American 1870 to Present], These instructions will show you how to search nine kinds of records in a helpful step by step guide. | *[https://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/AfricanAmerican.pdf Finding Records for Your Ancestors, Part A-African American 1870 to Present], These instructions will show you how to search nine kinds of records in a helpful step by step guide. | ||
*[[African American Genealogy]] FamilySearch Wiki shows a list of records, databases, indexing projects, presentations and other guides. | *[[African American Genealogy]] FamilySearch Wiki shows a list of records, databases, indexing projects, presentations and other guides. | ||
*Finding a Place Called Home: An African American Guide to Genealogical and Historical Identity by Dee Parmer Woodtor, New York, New York, Random House, 1999. {{FSC|829837|item|disp=FS Library book 973 F2wd}} | *Finding a Place Called Home: An African American Guide to Genealogical and Historical Identity by Dee Parmer Woodtor, New York, New York, Random House, 1999. {{FSC|829837|item|disp=FS Library book 973 F2wd}}; {{WorldCat|40331192|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}}. This book explains the basic as well as complex research techniques required for African American research. | ||
*''FamilySearch Library bibliography of African-American sources: as of 1994,'' by Marie Taylor. Salt Lake City: FamilySearch Library, 1994. {{FSC|956235|item|disp=FS Library book 973 F23tm}}. This book lists 3,320 African American sources, including Canadian records. It also includes articles from historical and genealogical periodicals. | *''FamilySearch Library bibliography of African-American sources: as of 1994,'' by Marie Taylor. Salt Lake City: FamilySearch Library, 1994. {{FSC|956235|item|disp=FS Library book 973 F23tm}}. This book lists 3,320 African American sources, including Canadian records. It also includes articles from historical and genealogical periodicals. | ||
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To make a slavery connection, you must first identify the enslaver, and then study the enslaver's records for clues to family information. About 15 percent of formerly enslaved persons took their last enslaver's surname. Sources for identifying the enslaver include Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series A through N, {{FSC|564176|item|disp=FS Library Film nos. 1,534,196 - 1,534,236}}. | To make a slavery connection, you must first identify the enslaver, and then study the enslaver's records for clues to family information. About 15 percent of formerly enslaved persons took their last enslaver's surname. Sources for identifying the enslaver include Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series A through N, {{FSC|564176|item|disp=FS Library Film nos. 1,534,196 - 1,534,236}}. | ||
The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Records include birthplace, place brought up, residence, age, complexion, name of employer or occupation, spouse, children, father, mother, brothers and sisters, remarks, and signature. These records are found in | The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Records include birthplace, place brought up, residence, age, complexion, name of employer or occupation, spouse, children, father, mother, brothers and sisters, remarks, and signature. These records are found in ''Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865—1874.'' {{FSC|133425|item|disp= FS Film nos 928,571 - 928,591.}}. An additional guide for Freedmen’s Bureau field office records is {{FSC|702586|item|disp=Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Field Offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands: Record Group 105}} by Elaine Everly and Willna Pacheli, FamilySearch Library Book. Part 1 includes Alabama-Louisiana and is titled, ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : record group 105; pt. 01.'' '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|294566}}. Part 2 includes Maryland and South Carolina and is titled, ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : record group 105; pt. 02.'' '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|321539}}. Part 3 includes Tennessee and Virginia and is titled, ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : record group 105; pt. 03.'' '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|263792}}. | ||
Many of the Freedmen’s Bureau records are available online at: | Many of the Freedmen’s Bureau records are available online at: | ||